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July 7, 2015 at 4:08 pm #27036wvParticipant
so, I’m totally confused about Cosby’s old deposition testimony.
I noticed a lot of places have published the fact that he admitted
to buying Quaaludes with the intention of drugging a woman
so he could have sex with her. The deposition is from
an old civil case that settled years ago.Now, my questions are: Did he really admit that?
And if he did, WHY would he EVER admit to that ?
I mean why in the world would he admit to that under oath?w
vJuly 7, 2015 at 5:23 pm #27038bnwBlockedIf he admitted it he knew it could be proven or worse.
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July 7, 2015 at 5:49 pm #27040wvParticipantIf he admitted it he knew it could be proven or worse.
But think about it — it could never really be proven.
He could have said, She asked for the qualude cause she was
anxious or whatever.
Or, he could have said he kept the ludes in case someone
needed them. Or he could have said a gazillion things
to explain why he obtained the drug — just doesnt make
any sense to me that he would admit to that. I dont
see how it could have ever been proven months after
the fact.w
vJuly 7, 2015 at 6:25 pm #27041waterfieldParticipantDepends on the Civil action. His admission may have no relevance at all with the claims so at the time he may have believed his honesty was no harm no foul. However now…
But to give a decent answer one needs a copy of the deposition so as to view the context.
July 7, 2015 at 6:39 pm #27043wvParticipant<nobr>Depends</nobr> on the Civil action. His admission may have no relevance at all with the claims so at the time he may have believed his honesty was no harm no foul. However now…
But to give a decent <nobr>answer</nobr> one needs a copy of the deposition so as to <nobr>view</nobr> the context.
Well, I cannot imagine ANY scenario where Cosby would admit to that.
And yet, apparently, according to the mainstream-media, he did just that.w
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The documents, dating back to 2005, stem from a civil lawsuit filed by Andrea Constand — one of the dozens of women who have publicly accused the comedian of sexual assault. The records were made public Monday after The Associated Press went to court to compel their release.CNN has attempted to reach a lawyer and publicist for Cosby to respond to the revelations contained in the documents, without success. His longtime publicist, David Brokaw, said, “We have no plans to issue a statement.”
In a sworn deposition, Cosby answered questions from Constand’s attorney, Dolores Troiani.
“When you got the Quaaludes, was it in your mind that you were going to use these Quaaludes for young women that you wanted to have sex with?” Troiani asked.
“Yes,” Cosby replied.
“Did you ever give any of those young women the Quaalu…”
http://www.wmur.com/national/cosby-admits-getting-drugs-to-use-on-women-for-sex/34028588- This reply was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by wv.
July 7, 2015 at 6:49 pm #27045bnwBlockedIf he admitted it he knew it could be proven or worse.
But think about it — it could never really be proven.
He could have said, She asked for the qualude cause she was
anxious or whatever.
Or, he could have said he kept the ludes in case someone
needed them. Or he could have said a gazillion things
to explain why he obtained the drug — just doesnt make
any sense to me that he would admit to that. I dont
see how it could have ever been proven months after
the fact.w
vMaybe he had an accomplice.
The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.
Sprinkles are for winners.
July 7, 2015 at 9:35 pm #27050wvParticipantIf he admitted it he knew it could be proven or worse.
But think about it — it could never really be proven.
He could have said, She asked for the qualude cause she was
anxious or whatever.
Or, he could have said he kept the ludes in case someone
needed them. Or he could have said a gazillion things
to explain why he obtained the drug — just doesnt make
any sense to me that he would admit to that. I dont
see how it could have ever been proven months after
the fact.w
vMaybe he had an accomplice.
This all reminds me of the Paterno thing.
I hope no-one digs up anything on Mr Rogers.
w
vJuly 7, 2015 at 11:24 pm #27052MackeyserModeratorWas just talking about this with my son (he’s 23).
How does one process arguably the greatest comedy album of all time and the foundation for many of the greatest comedians of today (the storytellers as opposed to the joke tellers that came from the vaudeville tradition) with what we know about Cosby now?
Bill Cosby: Himself is arguably the greatest comedy album and comedy concert of all time. And I include Richard Pryor’s Live on the Sunset Strip on that list.
Pryor was good. Amazing, but Cosby at that time was the greatest ever. And if none of this had happened, I have no doubt that he’d have to be on the Mt. Rushmore of comedians.
Now? I dunno. How do we process this now?
Do we deal with it like the Hall of Fame? I mean, we haven’t yanked Ty Cobb out and he was a horrible human being in a lot of ways, and I mean horrible.
I’m really just asking the question because I don’t have an answer… and I don’t presume that there is any one answer. It may just be different for each person.
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July 8, 2015 at 6:19 am #27068wvParticipantWas just <nobr>talking</nobr> about this with my son (he’s 23).
How does one process arguably the greatest comedy album of all time and the foundation for many of the greatest comedians of today (the storytellers as opposed to the joke tellers that came from the vaudeville tradition) with what we know about Cosby now?
Bill Cosby: Himself is arguably the greatest comedy album and comedy concert of all time. And I include Richard Pryor’s Live on the Sunset Strip on that list.
Pryor was good. Amazing, but Cosby at that time was the greatest ever. And if none of this had happened, I have no doubt that he’d have to be on the Mt. Rushmore of comedians.
Now? I dunno. How do we process this now?
Do we deal with it like the Hall of Fame? I mean, we haven’t yanked Ty Cobb out and he was a horrible human being in a lot of ways, and I mean horrible.
I’m really just asking the question because I don’t have an <nobr>answer</nobr>… and I don’t presume that there is any one answer. It may just be different for each person.
Yup, it is dispiriting, for sure.
The Coz. Unbelievable.
w
vJuly 8, 2015 at 12:53 pm #27075waterfieldParticipantThe documents, dating back to 2005, stem from a civil lawsuit filed by Andrea Constand — one of the dozens of women who have publicly accused the comedian of sexual assault.
Yeah-I just read that today in the paper. The only explanation I can come up with is that an intent to sexually assault a victim is not the same as actually assaulting her. So if there was no proof of the actual assault then in his lawyer’s mind why lie about the purchase? Obviously neither the lawyer nor Cosby had any idea of what might be coming 10 years later.
July 8, 2015 at 3:39 pm #27081ZooeyModeratorI can’t wrap my head around the act itself. I mean…I just can’t imagine thinking that drugging someone to make her unable to resist sex is a good idea. It is just not something I can conceive of doing. First of all, the sheer demeaning violence of the thing stuns me, but I also can’t see how it would even be satisfying to have sex with someone who is passed out. I couldn’t bring myself to do it even if we were headed that direction and she was consensual, and totally passed out all by herself with booze, or something. Even if she was my girlfriend. I just can’t wrap my head around it at all.
And I would have thought that sex would come pretty easily for a celebrity anyway. So I don’t understand that part of it, either.
July 8, 2015 at 5:48 pm #27083DakParticipantI can’t wrap my head around the act itself. I mean…I just can’t imagine thinking that drugging someone to make her unable to resist sex is a good idea. It is just not something I can conceive of doing. First of all, the sheer demeaning violence of the thing stuns me, but I also can’t see how it would even be satisfying to have sex with someone who is passed out. I couldn’t bring myself to do it even if we were headed that direction and she was consensual, and totally passed out all by herself with booze, or something. Even if she was my girlfriend. I just can’t wrap my head around it at all.
And I would have thought that sex would come pretty easily for a celebrity anyway. So I don’t understand that part of it, either.
Lots of different things turn on lots of different people. This was Cosby’s thing, according to nearly 50 women, so far. One woman who willingly had sex with him said that Cosby drugged her for the sole purpose of raping her while she was passed out. That’s insightful: He did it because it was a turn-on. His thing is raping a defenseless woman. And, he became best friends with Hugh Hefner, so he could go from Playboy Bunny club to club and take advantage of these women who had no chance of winning a he said, she said battle … and in fact were told not to even try to go after Hef’s best bud. He was also on Temple University’s board, and had access to young college women in that role. He had lots of ways of getting to women, and he used his clout to introduce himself to them, get them in a situation where he could drug them and rape them, and then knew he could get away with denying it.
He’s the worst kind of creep. He probably said what he did in that deposition because he was sure he could get away with it, and he did. His lawyer stopped him from saying anymore.
July 8, 2015 at 9:21 pm #27087ZooeyModeratorOh, god. Of course. It didn’t even occur to me it was a fetish. I didn’t know there were that many women. I thought it was 2 or 3. I haven’t followed the story.
Wow. Well, I am pretty lenient towards people’s fetishes, I guess, but I draw the line at non-consensual. If you want to tie her up, or fuck her toes, or whatever, it’s none of my business if she’s into it, too, but the second you start imposing yourself, man, that’s crap.
July 8, 2015 at 11:58 pm #27091InvaderRamModeratorthe only thing i can think of is that when bill was asked if he gave them the ludes unknowingly, his lawyer stepped in and told him not to answer the question. so there is no way of proving that he drugged them without their consent?
July 9, 2015 at 12:06 am #27093InvaderRamModeratorand mind you this is back in the 70s. nowadays. lawyer probably advises him to fess up to nothing.
July 9, 2015 at 8:52 am #27099wvParticipantand mind you this is back in the 70s. nowadays. lawyer probably advises him to fess up to nothing.
Well forget the lawyers — why in the world would HE admit to something like that? He didnt have to. Makes zero sense to me.
None. He could have easily lied or made up a story or fudged it in a gazillion ways.w
vJuly 9, 2015 at 12:28 pm #27103waterfieldParticipantI don’t know-maybe in some weird selective morality thing he genuinely does not believe in lying. As far as I know when this stuff all began coming out instead of denying it he was silent thus highlighting his culpability.
July 9, 2015 at 12:42 pm #27104znModeratorI don’t know-maybe in some weird selective morality thing he genuinely does not believe in lying. As far as I know when this stuff all began coming out instead of denying it he was silent thus highlighting his culpability.
Or he thought any lie would be transparent since he had no demonstrable need for the drug as medication.
July 9, 2015 at 12:53 pm #27106DakParticipantThere’s a bit on one of Cosby’s albums where he talks about drugging women with “spanish fly.” Shit you not:
July 9, 2015 at 5:34 pm #27125InvaderRamModeratorand mind you this is back in the 70s. nowadays. lawyer probably advises him to fess up to nothing.
Well forget the lawyers — why in the world would HE admit to something like that? He didnt have to. Makes zero sense to me.
None. He could have easily lied or made up a story or fudged it in a gazillion ways.w
varrogance? narcissism? not really sure.
this dude was a nutcase. i read somewhere that in a settlement with one of the victims, he only agreed to pay the woman if she graduated from college and maintained a 3.0 gpa…
???
you rape someone and then tell that person she needs to prove to you that she deserves that money???
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July 10, 2015 at 9:38 am #27146wvParticipantthis dude was a nutcase. i read somewhere that in a settlement with one of the victims, he only agreed to pay the woman if she graduated from college and maintained a 3.0 gpa…
???
you rape someone and then tell that person she needs to prove to you that she deserves that money???
Yes, very inter esting,
isn’t it. Sigh.I guess there were two Cosbys.
w
vJuly 10, 2015 at 9:51 am #27148bnwBlockedDo we deal with it like the Hall of Fame? I mean, we haven’t yanked Ty Cobb out and he was a horrible human being in a lot of ways, and I mean horrible.
I’m really just asking the question because I don’t have an answer… and I don’t presume that there is any one answer. It may just be different for each person.
I wouldn’t compare Ty Cobb to a cold calculating serial rapist spanning decades.
The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.
Sprinkles are for winners.
July 10, 2015 at 9:52 am #27149bnwBlockedand mind you this is back in the 70s. nowadays. lawyer probably advises him to fess up to nothing.
Well forget the lawyers — why in the world would HE admit to something like that? He didnt have to. Makes zero sense to me.
None. He could have easily lied or made up a story or fudged it in a gazillion ways.w
varrogance? narcissism? not really sure.
this dude was a nutcase. i read somewhere that in a settlement with one of the victims, he only agreed to pay the woman if she graduated from college and maintained a 3.0 gpa…
???
you rape someone and then tell that person she needs to prove to you that she deserves that money???
Her lawyer must have been an idiot.
The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.
Sprinkles are for winners.
July 11, 2015 at 1:20 am #27167— X —ParticipantWas just talking about this with my son (he’s 23).
How does one process arguably the greatest comedy album of all time and the foundation for many of the greatest comedians of today (the storytellers as opposed to the joke tellers that came from the vaudeville tradition) with what we know about Cosby now?
Bill Cosby: Himself is arguably the greatest comedy album and comedy concert of all time. And I include Richard Pryor’s Live on the Sunset Strip on that list.
Pryor was good. Amazing, but Cosby at that time was the greatest ever. And if none of this had happened, I have no doubt that he’d have to be on the Mt. Rushmore of comedians.
Now? I dunno. How do we process this now?
Do we deal with it like the Hall of Fame? I mean, we haven’t yanked Ty Cobb out and he was a horrible human being in a lot of ways, and I mean horrible.
I’m really just asking the question because I don’t have an answer… and I don’t presume that there is any one answer. It may just be different for each person.
Pretty easy for me to process it, because I never really was a fan of his comedy. I’m probably in the minority; but truthfully, I never thought he was funny. Just never did it for me.
You have to be odd, to be number one.
-- Dr SeussJuly 11, 2015 at 8:52 am #27171DakParticipantWas just talking about this with my son (he’s 23).
How does one process arguably the greatest comedy album of all time and the foundation for many of the greatest comedians of today (the storytellers as opposed to the joke tellers that came from the vaudeville tradition) with what we know about Cosby now?
Bill Cosby: Himself is arguably the greatest comedy album and comedy concert of all time. And I include Richard Pryor’s Live on the Sunset Strip on that list.
Pryor was good. Amazing, but Cosby at that time was the greatest ever. And if none of this had happened, I have no doubt that he’d have to be on the Mt. Rushmore of comedians.
Now? I dunno. How do we process this now?
Do we deal with it like the Hall of Fame? I mean, we haven’t yanked Ty Cobb out and he was a horrible human being in a lot of ways, and I mean horrible.
I’m really just asking the question because I don’t have an answer… and I don’t presume that there is any one answer. It may just be different for each person.
Pretty easy for me to process it, because I never really was a fan of his comedy. I’m probably in the minority; but truthfully, I never thought he was funny. Just never did it for me.
I wasn’t a huge fan, either. I always thought he was a blowhard, so I didn’t like his public persona, either.
July 11, 2015 at 12:44 pm #27174PA RamParticipantI can’t say that Cosby was ever much on my radar.
I didn’t watch “The Cosby Show”, never really heard any of his comedy albums, or even watched “I Spy”. If I saw him it may have been on a talk show or of course his commercials.
People tend to think they “know” celebrities.
It’s hard enough to really know your friends sometimes.
A lot of show biz types–particularly comedians, have issues. At least it seems that way to me.
I think the fetish point is a good one. Cosby clearly could have had a lot of women without the drugs. It was less about sex and more about something else, or so it would seem.
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. " Philip K. Dick
July 12, 2015 at 12:21 pm #27206bnwBlockedAnother vast rightwing conspiracy.
Bill Cosby’s wife says accusers ‘consented’ to drugs and sex
By Stacy BrownJuly 12, 2015 | 6:00amhttp://nypost.com/2015/07/12/bill-cosbys-wife-says-accusers-consented-to-drugs-and-sex/
Bill Cosby’s wife knows her husband is a serial philanderer, but believes his scores of accusers consented to drugs and sex, two confidants of the couple say.
Last week’s revelation that Cosby admitted during a deposition that he intended to ply women with Quaaludes before bedding them barely fazed Camille Cosby, the insiders told The Post.
“Camille still doesn’t believe that Bill provided drugs and had sex with women without their consent,” said a source employed by the Cosby family. “She’s well aware of his cheating, but she doesn’t believe that her husband is a rapist.”
Mrs. Cosby is “a proud, dignified but stubborn woman. You can say that she’s standing by her husband, but really, the more people stand against him, the more she perceives it as an affront to her and all that she’s done to make him a star,” said another source who’s done business with the Cosbys and remains close to them.
Camille Cosby, 71, who is also her 78-year-old husband’s business manager, demanded last week at a crisis meeting with advisers that their lawyers and p.r. specialists “get back out in front of this,” the business source said.
“I created him, I knew what I was getting and we’ll fix this,” she told the gathering at a meeting at the couple’s Shelburne Falls, Mass., home Tuesday night.
“They are making him out to be such a bad guy, a monster,” Camille said, according to the source.
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Bill and Camille Cosby in 1965
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“People are jumping ship,” she added in an apparent reference to actress Jill Scott, who now says she’s sorry for her staunch support of Cosby, and comedian Jimmy Walker, another onetime defender who now calls America’s Dad the “O.J. Simpson of comedy.”
As prosecutors in Los Angeles and Las Vegas reportedly take a closer look at Cosby’s nearly 50 alleged sexual assaults on women dating back five decades, advisers last week urged him to sever ties with virtually everyone and permanently halt any comeback attempts.
“It’s advisable that you close ranks. That means [cut off] family, Hollywood family, friends, Hollywood friends,” the star was told, according to the business partner.
Camille Cosby remains on Bill’s side, despite his constant cheating.
She “stopped being embarrassed long ago” by her husband’s affairs, the family source said, but cannot tolerate the “invasion of privacy.”
The infidelities were “personal, between Bill and I,” she’s told her circle, the source said.
According to the family source, Camille confided, “You have to allow for space to let your partner do what he wants. I have done that and [Bill] has done that and there’s no jealously, no friction.”
She said every so often the couple goes through an “evaluation period” to determine whether the marriage should continue. “She even once talked to Oprah Winfrey about cleansing herself of baggage every now and again and how it always seems to lead her back to staying with Bill,” the family source said.
Rev. Carl Dianda, the couple’s longtime spiritual adviser who presided over their marriage 51 years ago, told The Post his “heart breaks” for her.
“She made so many sacrifices for him to have a career.”
A Cosby family representative did not return calls for comment.The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.
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July 13, 2015 at 9:25 am #27221DakParticipantSounds like Mrs. Cosby is quite the enabler.
July 15, 2015 at 7:11 pm #27298DakParticipantwv, here’s an answer to your question about why Cosby admitted to his intentions to give quaaludes to women he intended to have sex with.
http://time.com/3951761/bill-cosby-quaaludes-admission-oath/
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